And as usual if you get stuck, you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!

Enjoy and good luck.

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Q. 1: What demands an answer, but asks no questions?

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Q. 2: What type of creature is a ‘Bonito’?

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Q. 3: What part of the body has the greatest capacity to cool itself?

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Q. 4: In what country was ‘Canadian Club’ whiskey first distilled?

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Q. 5: What name is given to a person that stuffs animals for display?

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Q. 6: What is unusual about the ‘crab eating seal’?

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Q. 7: For what process do plants need sunlight, CO2 and water?

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Q. 8: What is the name for an animal that feeds on (a) plants and (b) meat? (You get a point for each correct answer.)

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Q. 9: What is hydrophobia more commonly known as (clue: it’s not the fear of water)?

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Q. 10: What is the smallest bird in the world?

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Q. 11: What name is given to calcite deposits (a) suspended from cave roofs and (b) the formations that rise from the floor of a cave due to the accumulation of material deposited from ceiling drippings? (You get a point for each correct answer.)

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Q. 12: In physics, what is defined as something that causes a change in the acceleration of an object?

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Q. 13: Which element is used in the manufacture of computer microprocessors?

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Q. 14: What is mixed with steel to make it stainless?

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Q. 15: What is the collective name for a group of finches?

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Q. 16: What is the angle between the hands of a clock at 1 o’clock?

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Q. 17: How many men’s names are there in the standard phonetic alphabet and what are they? (Score one point for the correct total and a point for each name you answer correctly.)

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Q. 18: With which branch of medicine is Mesmer associated?

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Q. 19: Guglielmo Marconi pioneered the development of what?

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Q. 20: What type of animal is a ‘silverback’?

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ANSWERS

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Q. 1: What demands an answer, but asks no questions?

A. 1: A telephone.

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Q. 2: What type of creature is a ‘Bonito’?

A. 2: A fish (between mackerel and tuna)

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Q. 3: What part of the body has the greatest capacity to cool itself?

A. 3: The hands.

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Q. 4: In what country was ‘Canadian Club’ whiskey first distilled?

A. 4: The USA (Detroit, in 1858 by American Hiram Walker using the brand Walker’s Club Whiskey – he subsequently moved the business to Ontario where it was renamed in 1889.)

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Q. 5: What name is given to a person that stuffs animals for display?

A. 5: A Taxidermist.

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Q. 6: What is unusual about the ‘crab eating seal’?

A. 6: It doesn’t eat crabs.

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Q. 7: For what process do plants need sunlight, CO2 and water?

A. 7: Photosynthesis.

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Q. 8: What is the name for an animal that feeds on (a) plants and (b) meat? (You get a point for each correct answer.)

A. 8: Answer (a) herbivore and (b) carnivore.

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Q. 9: What is hydrophobia more commonly known as (clue: it’s not the fear of water)?

A. 9: Rabies.

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Q. 10: What is the smallest bird in the world?

A. 10: The hummingbird.

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Q. 11: What name is given to calcite deposits (a) suspended from cave roofs and (b) the formations that rise from the floor of a cave due to the accumulation of material deposited from ceiling drippings? (You get a point for each correct answer.)

Q. 12: In physics, what is defined as something that causes a change in the acceleration of an object?

A. 12: A Force.

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Q. 13: Which element is used in the manufacture of computer microprocessors?

A. 13: Silicon – hence Silicon Valley in California where most of the major internet companies are based.

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Q. 14: What is mixed with steel to make it stainless?

A. 14: Chromium.

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Q. 15: What is the collective name for a group of finches?

A. 15: A Charm.

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Q. 16: What is the angle between the hands of a clock at 1 o’clock?

A. 16: 30 degrees (360 / 12).

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Q. 17: How many men’s names are there in the standard phonetic alphabet and what are they? (Score one point for the correct total and a point for each name you answer correctly.)

A. 17: There are 5 men’s names in the standard phonetic alphabet; they are Charlie, Mike, Oscar, Romeo, and Victor.

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Q. 18: With which branch of medicine is Mesmer associated?

A. 18: Hypnotism.

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Q. 19: Guglielmo Marconi pioneered the development of what?

A. 19: Radio.

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Q. 20: What type of animal is a ‘silverback’?

A. 20: An adult male gorilla is called a ‘silverback’ because of the distinctive silvery fur growing on their back and hips. Each gorilla family has a ‘silverback’ as leader who scares away other animals by standing on their back legs and beating their chest!